Six numbers that every investor should know

Tim Bennett explains the six key numbers that every investor should know when buying shares.

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Tim Bennett explains the six key numbers that every investor should know when buying shares.

To find out more about the other ratios Tim mentions in his video, see these related vide tutorials:

The price/earnings ratio

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Tim Bennett

Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.

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